[Via Music Television Buzzworth Blog]
We finally did it.
We “made it.”
We are more than just blogworthy–We are buzzworthy.
When I was young, I would watch MTV, and watch ‘rock stars’
then ‘rock stars’ turned into ‘hip hop stars’
then ‘hip hop stars’ turned into ‘alternative rock icons’
then ‘alternative rock’ turned into ‘indie’
then ‘indie’ kinda of turned into some weirdo ‘power pop stuff’
I sort of grew out of what MTV told me was ‘cool’
but like the Martin Lawrence King Jr.–I had a dream
A dream that one day
the mainstream perception media moguls
would realize that the alternative population was justified
for being vehement supports of ‘what we like’
That it is better than what they listen to
because the reason we like it
is more ‘organic’ than the reason that they like it.
One day we will take over
and mainstream will be alt
and alt will be mainstream
and the term ‘maltstream’ will no longer describe things like the Garden State Soundtrack
Our minds will be free of the ‘pressure’ to think about so many external factors
and bros will no longer be able to argue ‘Why can’t u just like the music because it sounds good?”
Because there will be no more external factors
Because we will all like the best music for the right reasons
The must will just sound good.
We are buzzworthy.
We are more than just a meme.
We have created an artistic space
where the mainstream can consume us.
This is every artist’s goal [via monetization].
“We’re in this together, yall.” – the Nine Inch Nails
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highly braggable
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I mean, <3 u, but it’s mtv-dotcom. do u know how many tweens are gonna b googlin annycollectico and talking like crls now. like, at least 4 more
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Wow. As much as I love Animal Collective, I’m still finding it somewhat difficult to believe that they’re ‘making it’ via MTV now. Hope they do a live performance for MTV (does MTV do that?) and just play all their less accessible music circa 2000-2004. Most people I play Animal Collective for still don’t really like it, so I’m interested to see whether these youngsters in Milwaukee (referred to in the MTV article) actually enjoy Animal Collective, or if they’re just eating up the buzzzz.
On a separate note, Little Boots seems to be gaining A LOT of attention recently via Atlantic Records.
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//////////Reply by anon
//////////Posted February 5th, 2009 at 5:23 am
@la ¡Cinta!,
anco keep changing their gear its not like they could/would care enough to. they’re acid-burned lazybro core and they’ll prob be around till they get bored
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//////////Reply by but
//////////Posted February 5th, 2009 at 10:16 am
@la ¡Cinta!,
but little boots is/was totally mainstream from the beginning, except their labels market them as indie/discovering same thing with Ladyhawke/LaRoux/Santogold/The Ting Tings. Notice how it’s all girls.
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//////////Reply by anony
//////////Posted February 6th, 2009 at 12:36 am
@la ¡Cinta!, I just don’t see it. Just because the blogosphere is one gigantic echo chamber for anco right now doesn’t mean they are that big. Does anyone have real numbers to suggest that they are actually going mainstream?
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that blog is horrific.
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//////////Reply by pete
//////////Posted February 5th, 2009 at 4:11 am
@anonybelle,
AGREED.
CARLES, after reading this blog for 1yr (real time) i have come to the conclusion you r a FGGT and have ‘lost’ the plot.
I will continue reading but man u are F**Ked from to many sparks and to much rack of the iPhone/Mac Book
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//////////Reply by anony
//////////Posted February 6th, 2009 at 12:32 am
@pete, the plot is there is no plot.
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weak FUCKING post, carles
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//////////Reply by gabe
//////////Posted February 5th, 2009 at 12:14 am
@um, weak weaks weaker…start yur own blog
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for realzies, maddd props, i know u just want us all to get along [peace/love/tacogrease stlye] i feel your vibe sugar, and it will be in my bro’s podnast on the morrow.
don’t 4get us when you are all maltstream
<3
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crls, can’t handle The AnCos on MTV.
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he’s basing this on facebook statuses from nicolet highschool in MILWAUKEE, WI?! i know that school and it’s straight hipsta teens. lemme know when it hits the middle schools in detroit.
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//////////Reply by anony
//////////Posted February 6th, 2009 at 12:37 am
@pooponyoursoul, thank you
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anco will be the mgmt of 09
mtv and all this mainstream shitty sites need to put a band in the place of ‘the alternative/modern/new’ just to make people believe they are ‘aware’ of new tendencies.
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//////////Reply by gabe
//////////Posted February 5th, 2009 at 12:18 am
@eedit, anco def = mgmt of 2k9
i miss the management
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//////////Reply by AstroCandy
//////////Posted February 5th, 2009 at 12:44 am
@gabe, for sure. i’ve had many a tug to “hot love drama”
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//////////Reply by Knowledge is Power
//////////Posted February 5th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
@eedit, that is an impossible comparison as MGMT have 1 album and no credibility and Anco have many many albums and a solid hardcore fanbase. they will be the next arcadefire
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//////////Reply by eedit
//////////Posted February 5th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
@Knowledge is Power, i am not comparing the bands, only the place that they represent for the mass media jerks.
mgmt is way better :)
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//////////Reply by anony
//////////Posted February 6th, 2009 at 12:41 am
@Knowledge is Power, except no one besides alts give a shit about arcade fire.
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//////////Reply by Knowledge is Power
//////////Posted February 6th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
@anony, that’s no true. they played the hollywood bowl when they were at their height. there were many mainstreamers there.
animal collective = my cock
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//////////Reply by eedit
//////////Posted February 5th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
@cumputer, really? mine is more like thom yorke
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//////////Reply by anony
//////////Posted February 6th, 2009 at 12:42 am
@eedit, uncircumcised huh?
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//////////Reply by pooponyoursoul
//////////Posted February 6th, 2009 at 12:51 am
@anony,andd lol, you are my favorite commenter
Is it time to close the blog now? We’ve reached pinnacle mainstreamosity. Its only a matter of time b4 AC gets a moonmen. If we ever want to become functioning ad-alts in society who r part of pop culture, we should begin the transition now.
Crls, I think its time to start the posts about Jo Bros and Miley Montana. Goodbye friends, if only Heatherton had made it to see this day. I so need him rite now.
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s00000 tired of AnCo posts, y’all.
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were all in this 2gether?
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//////////Reply by radioface
//////////Posted February 5th, 2009 at 7:12 am
@Troy and Gabriella,
yall
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if this is what it takes to save MTV than so be it!
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Um, he had to fight the man in order to make that post?
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unfortunately anyone who listens/watches/reads stuff on MTV will move on to the next “big” thing in a few months
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quit hyping AnCo. fffffuuuuuccccckkkkk.
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oh ya……awesome
i know animal collective was cool to listen to and stuff….and hipsterrunoff said so, but i did not like them….so happy to see that they are on MTV’s radar now…makes me feel like i knew the whole time they were mainstream
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//////////Reply by sssss
//////////Posted February 5th, 2009 at 2:46 am
@NeonCoolKidsYo.com,
neon cool kids yo dot cum
thats like hipstar runat dot com except its not like “all gay and hipstery”
i kinda like it…
+ bookmark! LOL
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//////////Reply by anony
//////////Posted February 6th, 2009 at 12:45 am
@sssss, if it’s not all “gay and hipstery” then how is it anything like HRO?
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This post was beautiful, carles
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this blog post is like = in the airplane on the water
perfect
like bright eyes??? NO. like MODEST MOUSE?? ALMOST.
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I think it’s really just the concept of being able to “collect” animals that appeals to a mass audience.
-Tamagotchi’s
-Beanie Babies
-Pokemon
-Animal Collective
If you can’t see a developing trend, you must be completely retarded.
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//////////Reply by Grandma Death
//////////Posted February 5th, 2009 at 7:02 am
@tabitha boobieyay,
HA! Best. Post. Ever.
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//////////Reply by catya
//////////Posted February 7th, 2009 at 8:27 pm
@tabitha boobieyay,
yesshh
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i like dis post guys
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They stoles my AnCo!!!!!!!!!
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Time to start liking stuff like Jandek or No Neck Blues Band. That’s the stuff you’ll never see on MTV. It also makes you look like a pretentious FGGT. Noice!
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Miss U Kennedy/Polly Shore via curly hair days/Simon Rex before you became Dirt Nasty
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//////////Reply by Seany
//////////Posted February 5th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
@yellowpaiges,
MISS U ENCINO MAN
BRANDFRASERCOLLECTIVES
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Animal Collective are so mainstream and lame now. It’s time to hitch our collective (no pun intended) wagon to another dim star until they reach the brightness of mainstream success.
Grizzly Bear in 2k9. Friendly Fires in 2k9. Wavves in 2k9. Black Lips in 2k9. Black Dice in 2k9. Nite Jewel in 2k9. VEGA in 2k9. Here we go Magic in 2k9. Port O’Brien in 2k9.
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//////////Reply by yo
//////////Posted February 5th, 2009 at 4:28 pm
@Hipster #3209,
Sorry to burst your bubble, but Friendly Fires have a giant “As seen on MTVU” at the top of their myspace.
or is MTVU totally still cool cuz it appeals to ‘my’ alt college kid tastes?
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//////////Reply by anony
//////////Posted February 6th, 2009 at 12:48 am
@yo, Tools
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//////////Reply by Knowledge is Power
//////////Posted February 5th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
@Hipster #3209,
black lips were 2k8, FF were 2k8, wavves won’t get past abe vigoda status, neither will nite jewel. grizzle bear are boring and black dice are awful (they had their chance via bandwagoning battles and GGD) haven’t heard of the others.
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//////////Reply by anon
//////////Posted February 5th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
@Hipster #3209,
god wavves is so bad
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tokio HOTELLLL!!!!
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i hate anco for destroin this blog. i wont ever listen to them
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“Everyone’s facebook status is MPP he tells me”
omg vomit, everywhere.
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//////////Reply by cold legs
//////////Posted February 5th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
@Knowledge is Power, i did that 2!!!!
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//////////Reply by anony
//////////Posted February 6th, 2009 at 12:49 am
@Knowledge is Power, They only have 80,000 friends on myspace. shitty emo bands have more than that.
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i die a little more inside evrytiem i look at this post ((five times)).
/wrist
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//////////Reply by f00dD00d
//////////Posted February 5th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
@cold legs, same. don’t know wat to do to maintain being an alt. i feel like i need to move on, gonna listen to rap now dawgs, seeing how its “dead.”
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//////////Reply by anony
//////////Posted February 6th, 2009 at 12:50 am
@f00dD00d, Alopecia is pretty good.
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anco isnt mainstream at my school (yet)
i live in md if i made my fb status “merriweather post pavillion” people would just assume i meant the place
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“Because we will all like the best music for the right reasons
The must will just sound good.”
i truly believe that
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